Employment of older workers in Spain

Name: Employment of older workers in Spain
Creator: Eurostat
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62.4% of people aged 55 to 64 in Spain were employed in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2009.

Employment rate, ages 55 to 64 % of population aged 55 to 64 Data: 2009 to 2025 Source: Eurostat

The latest value carries the source flag “Definition differs”.

Spain, 2025 62.4%d % of population aged 55 to 64

Change from 2024 +1.3percentage points 2024: 61.1%

European Union, 2025 66.4% Official aggregate

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 69.4% Middle value of 27 countries

Position in 2025 19th of 34 See the full ranking

Employment of older workers in Spain over time

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% of population aged 55 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Employment rate, ages 55 to 64 (% of population aged 55 to 64), 2009 to 2025
Period	Spain	European Union
2025	62.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))	66.4%
2024	61.1%d (definition differs (see metadata))	65.2%
2023	59.5%d (definition differs (see metadata))	63.9%
2022	57.7%d (definition differs (see metadata))	62.3%
2021	55.8%d (definition differs (see metadata))	60.4%
2020	54.7%	59.0%
2019	53.8%	58.6%
2018	52.2%	57.3%
2017	50.5%	55.5%
2016	49.1%	53.5%
2015	46.9%	51.4%
2014	44.3%	49.7%
2013	43.2%	47.9%
2012	43.9%	46.4%
2011	44.5%	45.0%
2010	43.5%	43.7%
2009	44.0%	43.2%

Flags: d definition differs (see metadata) . A dash means no value was published.

That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from 61.1% in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 46.9%, the figure has changed by +15.5 percentage points.
Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, Spain has the 19th highest value.
The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 66.4%.

Each group's most recent published value. Open a group to see its trend.

Employed people aged 55 to 64 as a share of the total population of that age, from the EU Labour Force Survey.

Population covered: Resident population aged 55 to 64

CSV for Spain

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